"Hans Christian Cornelius Mortensen Hans Christian Cornelius Mortensen (27 August 1856 – 7 June 1921) was a Danish teacher and ornithologist. He was the first to employ bird ringing for scientific purposes. Mortensen was born in Jonstrup on the island of Zealand, Denmark. After completing secondary school in 1874 he began studies in first theology and later in medicine and zoology at the University of Copenhagen without finishing any of these studies. He then worked as a schoolteacher at different schools in the Copenhagen area before, in 1888 and despite the lack of a university degree, became a master at"
"his moral and religious ideas, aspects that are quite outside the field of vision of Wullschlager and her like."" Many instead believe that rather than being heterosexual or homosexual, Andersen was bisexual, having romantic feelings for both sexes but most likely remaining celibate his whole life. In the spring of 1872, Andersen fell out of his bed and was severely hurt; he never fully recovered from the resultant injuries. Soon afterward, he started to show signs of liver cancer. He died on 4 August 1875, in a house called ""Rolighed"" (literally: calmness), near Copenhagen, the home of his close friends,"
"Stefan Anderson Knut Stefan Anderson (born December 26, 1878, Enköping, Sweden, died May 8, 1966, Ludvika) was a Swedish industrialist, journalist and master craftsman watchmaker decorated with badges of chivalric orders by the Kings of Sweden, Denmark and Norway and the President of Finland. He was the son of August T. Anderson and Hildegard von Reis and began to learn watchmaking in 1892 at age 13 in Norrköping. From 1910 to 1953 he wrote regular articles in trade papers and was also their editor, often using the pseudonym Stander. Anderson was instrumental in organizing watchmakers and craftsmen into permanent trade"
"Robert Anderson (silent film actor) Robert Christian Anderson (July 22, 1890 - June 25, 1963) was an American actor of Danish birth who appeared in silent films. Anderson was born in Odense, Denmark. He was also a make-up artist and director (of one short). Anderson and D.W. Griffith were the principal makeup artists on Griffith's monumental classic ""Intolerance"". He later appeared in Griffith's World War I propaganda film ""Hearts of the World"" (1918). In addition to ""Hearts of the World"" Anderson can be seen today in surviving silent films such as ""The Heart of Humanity"" (1918) another World War I"
"Robert Anderson (silent film actor) Robert Christian Anderson (July 22, 1890 - June 25, 1963) was an American actor of Danish birth who appeared in silent films. Anderson was born in Odense, Denmark. He was also a make-up artist and director (of one short). Anderson and D.W. Griffith were the principal makeup artists on Griffith's monumental classic ""Intolerance"". He later appeared in Griffith's World War I propaganda film ""Hearts of the World"" (1918). In addition to ""Hearts of the World"" Anderson can be seen today in surviving silent films such as ""The Heart of Humanity"" (1918) another World War I"
"he spent most of his time traveling throughout South East Asia. Anderson died in Batu, Malang, Indonesia, in his sleep on December 13, 2015. According to close friend Tariq Ali, Anderson died of heart failure. He had been in the middle of translating his memoir, ""A Life Beyond Boundaries,"" from Japanese to English, and was survived by two adopted sons of Indonesian origin. Anderson is best known for his 1983 book, ""Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism"", in which he examined how nationalism led to the creation of nations, or as the title puts it, imagined"
"Amos Anderson Amos Anderson (3 September 1878, Kimito, Finland – 2 April, 1961, Kimito, Finland) was the owner of Finland's largest Swedish-language Hufvudstadsbladet newspaper and a patron of the arts. Amos Anderson grew up in the Southwestern Archipelago of Finland and studied business in Turku. He started his career in insurance, and spent two years in continental Europe studying finance and insurance. He started in press in 1905 by publishing a professional magazine in insurance area. His career with daily newspapers started in 1911, and in 1909 he founded a printing house together with Viktor Ek and J. O. Wasastjerna."
"Carl Thomas Anderson Carl Thomas Anderson (February 14, 1865 – November 4, 1948) was an American cartoonist best remembered for his comic strip ""Henry"". Readers followed the pantomime adventures of the mute, bald-headed Henry in strips which he signed with his familiar signature displaying an enlarged ""S"": Carl AnderSon. Carl Thomas Anderson was born in Madison, Wisconsin, the son of Norwegian immigrants. Anderson initially worked in his father's Madison planing mill, where he developed carpentry skills, became a cabinetmaker, and invented a patented folding desk, which is still being manufactured today. Near the end of the 19th century, he traveled"
"released at the end of the war. In the post war years, Anderson returned to farming and served as a federal parliamentarian, representing the Division of Hume twice between 1949 and 1961, before retiring. He died in Canberra at the age of 91. Anderson was born on 12 February 1897 in Cape Town, South Africa, to Scottish parents. His father, Alfred Gerald Wright Anderson, an auditor and newspaper editor, had been born in England, while his mother, Emma (Maïa) Louise Antoinette, née Trossaert had been born in Belgium. The middle child of five, when Anderson was three the family moved"
"building on Yrjönkatu. The building would function as both Anderson's private living quarters and office space for his businesses. After Anderson's death in 1961, the building was converted into Amos Anderson Art Museum which opened its doors to the public in 1965. Amos Anderson Amos Anderson (3 September 1878, Kimito, Finland – 2 April, 1961, Kimito, Finland) was the owner of Finland's largest Swedish-language Hufvudstadsbladet newspaper and a patron of the arts. Amos Anderson grew up in the Southwestern Archipelago of Finland and studied business in Turku. He started his career in insurance, and spent two years in continental Europe"
"Except Christmas"" (1957), a record of a day in the old Covent Garden market, for his top 10 classics from the history of documentary.[3] Gavin Lambert's memoir, ""Mainly About Lindsay Anderson"", in which he wrote that Anderson repressed his homosexuality, was seen as a betrayal by his other friends. In November 2006 Malcolm McDowell told ""The Independent"": Anderson died from a heart attack on 30 August 1994 at the age of 71. All Royal Court, London, unless otherwise indicated: Lindsay Anderson Lindsay Gordon Anderson (17 April 1923 – 30 August 1994) was a British feature film, theatre and documentary director,"
"Rasmus B. Anderson Rasmus Bjørn Anderson (January 12, 1846 – March 2, 1936) was an American author, professor, editor, businessman and diplomat. He brought to popular attention the fact that Viking explorers discovered the New World and was the originator of Leif Erikson Day. Anderson was born in the Town of Albion in Dane County, Wisconsin and grew up in Koshkoning. His parents Bjørn Anderson Kvelve (1801–1850) and Abel Cathrine von Krogh (1809–1885) were immigrants from Sandeid / Vikedal in Ryfylke in the county of Rogaland, Norway. His parents were part of a small band of Quaker sympathizers who organized"
"Johannes S. Anderson Johannes Seigfried Anderson (July 20, 1887 – April 15, 1950) was a Finland born U.S. Army soldier during World War I, and a Medal of Honor recipient. Little is known of Anderson's early life, other than that he was born in Finland July 20, 1887, and entered the US Army in Chicago, Illinois June 19, 1916. On October 8, 1918, while fighting near Consenvoye, France, while his unit was pinned down by heavy German machine gun fire, First Sergeant Anderson volunteered to leave his unit in an attempt at flanking the enemy machine gun emplacement. He made"
"to flee on October 31, 1925. Anderson's remarkable criminal infamy included burglary, armed robbery, boot-legging, prison escape, counterfeiting, and murder. Casper Holstein was a numbers racketeer who made a fortune in New York's Harlem neighborhoods. Born in 1878 on St. Croix, Danish West Indies, to a father who was a mulatto landowner the son of Danish military officer father and African descent mother, Holstein moved to New York City in 1894. After service in the U.S. Navy, the veteran Holstein eventually became involved in gambling and found a niche in the African-American neighborhoods of Harlem, where he devised a dime-based"
"Bob Anderson (fencer) Robert James Gilbert ""Bob"" Anderson (15 September 1922 – 1 January 2012) was an English Olympic fencer and a renowned film fight choreographer, with a cinema career that spanned more than 50 years and included films such as ""Highlander"", ""The Princess Bride"", ""The Mask of Zorro"", ""The Lord of the Rings"", and ""Die Another Day"". He was regarded as the premier choreographer of Hollywood sword-fighting, and during his career he coached many actors in swordsmanship, including Errol Flynn, Sean Connery, Antonio Banderas, Viggo Mortensen, Adrian Paul, and Johnny Depp. He also appeared as a stunt double for"
"Hendrik Christian Andersen Hendrik Christian Andersen (April 15, 1872 in Bergen – December 19, 1940 in Rome) was a Norwegian-American sculptor, painter and urban planner. Andersen was born in Bergen, Norway, of parents Anders Andersen from Lærdal and Helene Monsine Monsen from Bergen. He emigrated as an infant with his family to Newport, Rhode Island the following year. As a young man in Newport, Andersen began his work as a sculptor and learned to mingle among the city's wealthy elite, including serving as an art instructor for Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. In 1893, Andersen traveled to Europe to study art and"
"Sylvester Stallone thriller ""Assassins"". Anderson died on December 16, 2012, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Axel Anderson Axel Anderson (December 11, 1929 – December 16, 2012) was an actor, television producer, host in his adopted homeland Puerto Rico. Anderson was born Axel Levy to a Jewish family in Berlin, Germany. In 1936 Anderson's family escaped the Holocaust by emigrating to Paraguay. Due to political instability in Paraguay, Anderson's family soon moved to Argentina. Anderson started acting as a teenager, working at the ""Teatro Alemán Independiente"", a small theater troupe mainly composed of German expatriates who performed in German. During the"
"reelected to congress three times, before failing to receive the Republican nomination in 1886. Anderson promptly switched from the Republican party to running as an Independent Republican and won reelection anyway. In 1888 he was elected to his final term, again as a Republican. After his Congressional career ended, President Benjamin Harrison, his former college roommate, appointed Anderson consul general to Cairo, Egypt in 1891. However, Anderson grew ill in the execution of his duties and died in Liverpool, England in 1892 while in transit back to the United States. John Alexander Anderson John Alexander Anderson (June 26, 1834 –"
"America. He had been feeling abdominal discomfort for a few days, which was later diagnosed as peritonitis. Anderson and his wife disembarked from the cruise liner ""Santa Lucia"" and went to the hospital in Colón, Panama, where he died on March 8. An autopsy revealed that a swallowed toothpick had done internal damage resulting peritonitis. Anderson's body was returned to the United States, where he was buried at Round Hill Cemetery in Marion, Virginia. His epitaph reads, ""Life, Not Death, Is the Great Adventure"". Sherwood Anderson Sherwood Anderson (September 13, 1876 – March 8, 1941) was an American novelist and"
"was both a distance record (3108 miles) and a duration record (137 hours) for the sport. With his son Kristian, he made the first non-stop trans-North American balloon flight. The ""Kitty Hawk"" departed Fort Baker, California, on May 8, 1980, and landed on May 12 at Sainte-Félicité, Quebec. He next decided to complete a circumnavigation of the globe. With Don Ida he launched the balloon ""Jules Verne"" from Luxor, Egypt on January 11, 1981, travelling , and landing in Hansa, India 48 hours later. Anderson was killed on June 27, 1983, near Bad Kissingen, West Germany. He was in the"
"cruise in the South Pacific, and two sisters in Copenhagen, Denmark. Arrangements are in charge of the Anderson, Campbell and Apgar funeral home. Hans A. Hansen Hans Anton Hansen (April 9, 1877 – August 23, 1949) was an American sailor serving in the United States Navy during Boxer Rebellion who received the Medal of Honor for bravery. The US sailor who is buried at Arlington National Cemetery is not the Medal of Honor recipient and his grave is mismarked. Hansen was born April 9, 1877, in Korsør, Denmark. After immigrating to the United States through the Port of San Francisco"
"at his home in Denver, Colorado, on May 1, 2015, from throat cancer. He was 67. He is survived by Mary, his wife of more than 30 years. Stephen Milburn Anderson Stephen Milburn Anderson (March 13, 1948 – May 1, 2015) was an American film director and writer who wrote and directed eight films. He is best known for ""South Central"", which was produced by Oliver Stone and released by Warner Bros. in 1992 and for ""CASH"" starring Sean Bean and Chris Hemsworth, released by Lionsgate in 2010. Anderson's short film ""Hearts of Stone"" (1989) was nominated for a ""Golden"
"Michael Anderson (director) Michael Joseph Anderson (30 January 1920 – 25 April 2018) was an English film director, best known for directing the Second World War film ""The Dam Busters"" (1955), the epic ""Around the World in 80 Days"" (1956) and the dystopian sci-fi film ""Logan's Run"" (1976). He was born in London, England, to a theatrical family. His parents were the actors Lawrence (1893–1939) and Beatrice Anderson (1893–1977). His great-aunt was Mary Anderson of Louisville, Kentucky, who became one of the first American Shakespearian actresses; the Mary Anderson Theatre in Louisville was dedicated to her. Anderson appeared in two"
"Peder Christian Andersen Peder Christian Andersen, often shortened to P. Chr. Andersen (5 April 1892 – 12 March 1964) was a Norwegian sports official and journalist. He was born in Sagene as a son of a weaver. He finished middle school in 1909, and was employed in the magazine ""Sport"". His most notable assignment here was reporting from the 1912 Summer Olympics, the stay at which he paid himself. He was hired in the labour movement newspaper ""Social-Demokraten"" as a sports journalist. He left for political reasons in 1919 and was hired in ""Aftenposten"". He was promoted to sub-editor in"
"1947. He had two sons (Maxwell L. Anderson and Abraham Anderson) and a daughter by his first marriage (Martha Haskett Anderson). At the time of his death, he had one grandson, Chase Quentin Anderson. Quentin Anderson Quentin Anderson (July 21, 1912 – February 18, 2003) was an American literary critic and cultural historian at Columbia University. His research focused on 19th-century American authors, especially Henry James, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Walt Whitman, and their attempts to define American identity as both connected to and differentiated from European precedents. Quentin Anderson was born in Minnewaukan, North Dakota. The son of playwright"
"W. H. Anderson William Henry Anderson (21 April 1882 – 12 April 1955) was a composer, choir director, tenor, and voice teacher of English birth. He produced a large amount of vocal music, including more than 150 songs and 40 anthems as well as a significant amount of carols and other choral works. He also produced a large number of choral arrangements of Ukrainian, Czech, and Icelandic folksongs; mainly written for Winnipeg choir director Walter Bohonos and his choirs. He used the psudonyms Hugh Garland and Michael Bilencko for some of his published ballads and folksong arrangements, however, most of"
"Nyhavn 18 Nyhavn 18 is a listed property overlooking the Nyhavn canal in central Copenhagen, Denmark. The writer Hans Christian Andersen lived on the first floor from 1871 until shortly before his death on 4 August 1875. The building has now been converted into residences for visiting guest artists and scientists. Nyhavn 18 was built in 1885 for merchant and shipowner Andreas Bodenhoff and he lived there from when he was 62 years old as the building's first owner. It was then a three-storey building. The fourth storey was added in 1846. Jonathan Balling, who worked for the Royal Greenland"
"William Y. Anderson William Yngve Anderson (June 28, 1921 – May 9, 2011) was a Swedish-born American fighter ace of World War II, credited with seven official victories in Europe while flying P-51 Mustang fighters with the United States Army Air Forces. Anderson was born in Kramfors, Sweden, on June 28, 1921. In 1922, Anderson's family emigrated from Sweden to Chicago. Anderson joined the United States Army Air Forces in September 1941. After completion of training in 1943, he was stationed at RAF Boxted, near London, on ""Diver"" patrols, defending London from V-1 flying bombs. Anderson shot down a V-1"
"August 11, 1991 at Jeanes Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, following a series of strokes. He was interred in Oak Grove Cemetery in Amherst, Wisconsin. Thomas F. Anderson Thomas Foxen Anderson (February 7, 1911 – August 11, 1991) was an American biophysical chemist and geneticist who developed crucial techniques for using electron microscopes. Anderson pioneered use of the electron microscope to study viruses. His research produced insights of how viruses infect cells, methods of their reproduction and how they alter the cells they infect. Anderson was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1964. Anderson was president of the International"
"Hans Henrik Andersen Hans Henrik Andersen (May 1, 1937 in Frederiksberg, Denmark – November 3, 2012) was a Professor at the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen (emeritus since 2004). He was the founder and subsequently co-editor of the scientific journal ""Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B"". He has made important contributions to various fields of atomic physics and solid state physics, especially in the field of the stopping power of matter for fast charged particles. The accuracy (0.3–0.5%) of his measurements is unsurpassed even today (2006). They were done by measuring the amount of heat"
"Oskar Anderson Oskar Johann Viktor Anderson (; 2 August 1887, Minsk, Russian Empire – 12 February 1960, Munich, Germany) was a Russian-born German mathematician of Baltic German descent. He was most famously known for his work on mathematical statistics and econometrics. Anderson was born from a Baltic German family in Minsk (now in Belarus), but soon moved to Kazan (Russia). His father, Nikolai Anderson, was professor in Finno-Ugric languages at the University of Kazan. His older brothers were the folklorist Walter Anderson and the astrophysicist Wilhelm Anderson. Oskar Anderson graduated from Kazan Gymnasium with a gold medal in 1906. After"
"an infection. This forced him to use a cane for the rest of his life. Anderson was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fifth and to the Seventy-sixth Congresses (January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1941). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1940 to the Seventy-seventh Congress. He served as chairman of the Democratic State convention at St. Louis in 1940. He resumed the practice of law in St. Louis, Missouri, where he died April 26, 1977. He was interred in Sunset Burial Park. Charles Arthur Anderson Charles Arthur Anderson (September 26, 1899 – April 26, 1977) was"
"who appeared in ""Logan's Run"" and ""The Martian Chronicles""; another son, David Anderson, is a film producer. Anderson died on 25 April 2018 at the age of 98, from natural causes. Michael Anderson (director) Michael Joseph Anderson (30 January 1920 – 25 April 2018) was an English film director, best known for directing the Second World War film ""The Dam Busters"" (1955), the epic ""Around the World in 80 Days"" (1956) and the dystopian sci-fi film ""Logan's Run"" (1976). He was born in London, England, to a theatrical family. His parents were the actors Lawrence (1893–1939) and Beatrice Anderson (1893–1977)."